Lemon Butter Tilapia Recipe — Gluten Free and Easy
Yes, I know, it’s super pale. But I promise you, it has more flavor than many other colorfully seasoned fish dishes. One of the cheapest animal proteins we have available locally is a type of tilapia called blue tilapia. And while it doesn’t taste offensive at all, I find it just tastes very blah. I’ll eat it […]
Homemade Sweet and Sour Pickles Recipe- Water Bath Canned and Refrigerator Pickles Method
My family and I love pickles. And for me, they’re medicine of sorts, since I need to have a lot of salt (and on days that I don’t manage to make my sports drink, I try to have pickles to supply me with salt). I was buying cans of pickles because I didn’t plan ahead. […]
How to Repurpose Leftover and/Or Imperfect Rice
In general I’m not a picky eater. I am willing to eat most foods, no matter how weird… but one of those few foods I’m actually picky about is rice. It needs to be made perfectly or I really can’t tolerate eating it. Of course, rice happens to be one of those foods that even […]
Syrian Inspired Green Beans Recipe — Gluten Free, Vegan, Allergy Friendly, and Easy
I wanted to make pasta for my children, but I was trying to come up with an idea that would be a little less boring than just the average pasta and tomato sauce, so I decided to make something based off of this Syrian recipe for djaj wa rishta, chicken with tomato sauce and pasta, […]
Charred Honey Sweet Potatoes Recipe and Technique
I’ve been to some weddings and other fancy catered events that had sweet potatoes cooked to perfection. Soft and creamy in the middle, crisped up and lightly charred edges. I’d tried making it at home many different times, but it never came out quite how I’d wanted it. But after the last event I went […]
Some Free Food I Got and How I Used It
I love getting free food. (Who doesn’t?) The other week I was lucky, because after a local charity organization finished giving out the food they brought to the recipients, anyone was able to come take what they wanted, and my friend Ewa let me know that they had some great stuff. I’m so grateful that […]
Super Simple Homemade Sports and Rehydration Drink Recipe
Important update:I am reposting this post. Unfortunately, too late, I realized a mistake I made with my post, and I feel bad for anyone that used my recipe and didn’t get the exact benefits needed from it, because of my mistake. Reposting this with the corrections will hopefully get more people to see these needed […]
Greek Purslane Salad Recipe — Salata Horiatiki Me Glistrida — Foraged, Frugal, and Delicious
Purslane has long been a favorite foraged plant of mine ever since I learned about foraging it over 12 years ago. Unfortunately, as the years go by, I find it less and less, which makes me sad. I found purslane for literally the first time this year this past Tuesday, and it made me so […]
What I Did With a Huge Amount of Scallions and Other Free Produce
I live in a community with an overall low socioeconomic status, and because of that, I’m lucky in that there are charities that deliver food that either is close to the expiration date, banged up, otherwise look bad, or are mixed with spoiled produce, so you need to pick through them to find the good […]
Homemade Cheap Granola Cereal Recipe — Vegan and Allergy Friendly
I’ll confess, my kids end up eating far more cereal than is ideal, because it is something they can grab to eat if I don’t have something else ready. But obviously it isn’t so healthy, so my sons requested I buy them granola to have as cereal. I’m cool with that, but it gets pricey […]
